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breathless
01
unable to breathe easily
Grammatical Information
Composition
Complex
qualitative
Superlative
most breathless
Comparative
more breathless
gradable
Examples
The asthma attack left him feeling breathless and struggling for air.
02
causing a person to stop or lose normal breathing from emotion, shock, or intensity
Examples
The performance left the audience breathless.
03
showing no signs of breathing or life
Examples
They found the victim lying breathless on the ground.
Lexical Tree
breathlessly
breathlessness
breathless
breath
